Re: [whatwg] <font> (was Support Existing Content)

Adrian Sutton wrote:

 > If you outlaw the <font> tag, you'll just get <span style="font-family:
 > ...."> instead which has no more semantic benefit and is far more difficult
 > to work with.

I'm sorry, I disagree : I can disable document-embedded CSS in
my browser, if I find a document difficult or impossible
to read -- I don't believe there is any corresponding proposal
to allow browser users to specify which sub-set of tags the
browser should ignore.

Philip Taylor